Reference no: EM132686328
Mills Corporation acquired as a long-term investment $280 million of 6% bonds, dated July 1, on July 1, 2018. Mills determined that it should account for the bonds as an available-for-sale investment. The market interest rate (yield) was 4% for bonds of similar risk and maturity. Mills paid $330 million for the bonds. The company will receive interest semiannually on June 30 and December 31. As a result of changing market conditions, the fair value of the bonds at December 31, 2018, was $320 million.
Required:
Question 1: Prepare the journal entry to record Mills' investment in the bonds on July 1, 2018 and interest on December 31, 2018, at the effective (market) rate.
Question 2: At what amount will Mills report its investment in the December 31, 2018, balance sheet?
Question 3: Suppose Moody's bond rating agency upgraded the risk rating of the bonds, and Mills decided to sell the investment on January 2, 2019, for $340 million. Prepare the journal entries to record the sale.
- Record any reclassification adjustment.
- Record the sale of the investment by Mills.